Yes friends,
We are here with the Amigurumi magnet work that you do not encounter very much today.
I wish you enjoy while knitting.
Materials;
• Sock weight yarn in white, blue, light yellow,
yellow, light peach or light brown, dark brown
• yellow crochet thread or embroidery floss
• 2.5mm crochet hook
• Fiber fill
• 12mm sew on eyes
• Yarn needle
• Craft wire (16 gauge wire recommended)
• Wire cutter
• 8mm metallic silver or metallic gold ribbon
• A pair of scissors
• Masking tape
• Pearl headed pins
Optional
• 6 clear crystal flat-back rhinestones (16 ss/
3.9mm)
• 20 clear crystal flat-back rhinestones (12 ss/
3.1mm)
• Polyurethane adhesive
• Toothpick
Finished size: 9 inch
Abbreviations;
Chain (ch)
Magic ring
Stitch (st)
Single crochet (sc)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Double crochet (dc)
Increase (inc)
Decrease (dec)
Back loop only (BLO)
Front loop only (FLO)
Slip stitch (sl st)
“X” (repeat)
SHOE (make 2)
Round 1: With white, ch 10. Starting from second ch
from the hook, sc in the next 8 st, 5 sc in the last st.
Working on the opposite side of the foundation chain,
sc in all 8 st. (21)
Round 2: hdc in the first st, hdc inc in the next st, hdc
in the next 6 st, hdc inc in the next 2 stitches, hdc in
the next 2 st, hdc inc in the next 2 st, hdc in the next 6
st, 3 hdc in the last st. (28)
Round 3: sc in the first st, sc inc in the next st, sc in the
next 8 st, sc inc in the next 2 st, hdc inc in the next 5 st,
sc inc in the next 2 st, sc in the next 8 st, sc inc in the
last st. (39)
Round 4: Working in BLO, sc 38, inc in the last st. (40)
Round 5-7: sc around. (40)
Round 8: sc 12, (dec, sc 2) X 4, sc 12. (36)
Round 9: Working in FLO, sc 14, (dec, sc 1) X 2, dec, sc
14. sl st to the first st. (33) Fasten off.
LEG (make 2)
Round 1: Join light brown/peach yarn in the first back
loop of the shoe and, working in BLO, sc 14, (dec, sc 1)
X 2, dec, sc 14. (33)
Round 2: sc 10, dec X 6, sc 11. (27)
Round 3: sc 10, dec X 3, sc 11. (24)
Round 4: Sc 10, dec X 2, sc 10. (22)
Round 5: sc 9, dec X 2, sc 9. (20)
Stuff shoe.
Round 6-12: sc around. (20)
Round 13: (sc 4, int) X 4. (24)
Round 14: loin white and sc around. (24) Fasten off and stuff. Make the second leg but do not fasten off. sl st in the next 7 st and mark the last st as the end of the round.
Body;
In the next round, we will Join the legs with white yarn.
Round 1: Hold both legs together, making sure they face the same direction. With the ‘working’ piece on the right, insert hook in the center stitch of the second leg (this should be the middle of the inner thigh) and make an sc. Continue making sc in the next 47 st around both legs. (48)
Round 2-5: sc around. (48)
Round 6: (sc 6, dec) X 6. (42)
Round 7-9: sc around. (42)
Round 10: (sc 5, dec) X 6. (36)
Round 11-12: sc around. (36)
Round 13: Working in BLO, sc around. (36)
Round 14: (sc 4, dec) X 6. (30)
Round 15-17: sc around. Fasten off this color. (30) Round 18: Join light peach/brown and sc around. (30)
Round 19. (sc 3, dec) X 6. (24) Stuff the body.
Round 20: dec X 12. (12)
Round 21-27: sc around. (12) Stuff neck firmly. It is very important to stuff the neck as firmly as possible at this point. Otherwise, the weight of the head will weigh it down.
Round 28: dec X 6. (6)
Fasten off and sew gap closed.
Dress;
Round 1: With legs facing away from you, join white yarn on the front loop of Round 13 of the body. di 1 and working on the front loops, (sc 1, Inc) around. (54)
Round 2: ch 3, dc in the same st, ch 1, 2 dc in the same st. This makes your first “shell”. Skip 2 st. (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in the same st, skip 2 st) repeat around. At the end of the round, you will have 18 shell stitches. sl st in the first st. (90)
Round 3: sl st to the first chain space, ch 3, dc into the same ch space, ch 1, 2 dc in the same ch space, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc in the next ch 1 space) repeat around. sl st in the first st.
For white and blue dress;
Round 4-11: Repeat Round 3.
Round 12: Join light blue and sl st in the ch 1 space. (6 dc in the same ch 1 space) repeat around. Fasten off and weave in ends.
For white and yellow dress
Round 4-7: Repeat Round 3.
Round 8: Join light yellow and repeat Round 3.
Round 9: With white, repeat Round 3. Fasten off
this color.
Round 10-11: With light yellow, repeat Round 3.
Round 12: sl st in the ch 1 space. (6 dc in the same ch
1 space) repeat around.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Collar;
Row 1: With white yarn, ch 37. Starting from second
ch from the hook, sc across. Turn. (36)
Row 2: (skip the first 2 st, 5 dc in the next st, skip 2 st,
sc in the next st) X 6.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew.
ARM (make 2);
Thumb
Round 1: With light brown/peach, 4 sc in a magic ring. (4)
Round 2-3: sc around. (4)
Fasten off and keep aside.
Hand & Arm;
Round 1: With light peach/light brown, ch 5. Startingfrom second chain from the hook, sc 3, inc in the last
chain. Working on the opposite side of the foundation
chain, sc 2, inc in the last ch. (9)
Round 2: sc around. (9)
Round 3: inc, sc 4, inc, sc 3. (11)
Round 4-6: sc around. (11)
We will join the thumb in the next round.
Round 7: sc 1, holding the thumb next to the working
piece, insert your hook in one of the st of the thumb
and make an sc, sc in the remaining 3 st of the thumb,
sc in all 11 remaining sts of the hand. (15)
Round 8: sc around. (15)
Round 9: sc 2, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 3. (13)
Round 10: sc 2, dec, sc 5, dec, sc 2. Fasten off this
color. (11)
Round 11: Join blue/light yellow and sc around. Fasten
off this color. (11)
Round 12: Join white and sc around in BLO. (11)
Round 13-24: sc around. (11)
Cut the yarn, leaving a tail long enough to work one
more round and sew. Do not fasten off, instead put
a stitch marker in your loop to prevent your crochetwork from fraying.
MAKING POSEABLE ARMS: We will now insert
wire and stuffing into the arm. Measure the length of the first arm, the area above the chest where the wire
will go through the body, and the second arm, and
add an additional inch. This is the total length of wire
needed for both arms (see Image 01).
With a wire cutter, bend one end to make an eyelet.
Wrap with a masking tape as shown in Image 02.
Insert this end into the first arm and stuff around it
lightly (Image 03). You can use a crochet hook or the
end of a pencil as a stuffing tool.
Round 25: dec X 5, sl st in the last st (Image 04). (6)
Fasten off. Thread the yarn tail onto your yarn needle,
pick up the front loop only of these 6 stitches (Image
05) and pull tight to close the hole. Fasten off but do
not cut off excess yarn.
Count down 11 rounds from the top of the neck and
insert the other end of the wire from this point. Push
the wire all the way through to the other side where
the second arm will be attached (Image 06). Bend the
tip into an eyelet, wrap with a masking tape, insert it
into the second arm and stuff lightly. Complete Round
25, fasten off the second arm and sew the top of the
second arm closed.
Now pass the needle with remaining yarn tail all the
way from the underarm to the neck and bring it out
from the tip of the neck. Repeat on the second arm.
Tie these two tails together and snip off excess yarn.
HEAD;
Round 1: With light brown/peach, 8 sc in a magic
ring. (8)
Round 2: inc X 8. (16)
Round 3: (sc 1, inc) X 8. (24)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) X 8. (32)
Round 5: (sc 3, inc) X 8. (40)
Round 6: (sc 4, inc) X 8. (48)
Round 7: (sc 5, inc) X 8. (56)
Round 8: (sc 6, inc) X 8. (64)
Round 9-21: sc around. (64)
Round 22: (sc 6, dec) X 8. (56)
Round 23: (sc 5, dec) X 8. (48)
Round 24: (sc 4, dec) X 8.(40)
Round 25: (sc 3, dec) X 8. (32)
Round 26: (sc 2, dec) X 8. (24)
Round 27: dec X 12. (12)
Stuff head firmly while leaving some space in the
center for neck that will be inserted later. To do this,
you can push your finger inside and create a groove
by carefully shifting the stuffing around. Check to see
if the neck fits the opening in the head. If the fit is
not snug, decrease one or two stitches and fasten off.
Weave in yarn end.
EYES:
Mark a stitch between Round 17 and 18 with
a pearl headed pin. Count 9 stitches horizontally and
place the second marker. This is where the eyes will be
placed. Thread a yarn needle with light brown/peach
yarn and insert it from the neck opening in the head,
bringing it out at one of the marked points). Insert
needle through the back of the sew on eye and push
it back in from the same st, bringing it out from the
second marked point. Insert needle through the back
of the second sew on eye and push it back in from
the same st and out from the neck opening. Pull both
ends of the yarn tightly to create a bit of indentation
on the face. Once you are satisfied with the look, knot
yarn ends to secure. Clip off excess yarn and hide the
knot inside the head.
NOSE:
Sew 3 straight lines, 3-4 stitches long between
the eyes.
HAIR;
Round 1-20: Follow instructions for Head with yellow/
dark brown yarn.
We will work on the hair fringes in the next round.
Round 21: sl st in the next st. [Fringe 1] ch 9, starting
from second ch from the hook, sc 8, sl st in the same
st (see Image 07-14). [Fringe 2] ch 8, starting from
second ch from the hook, sc 7, sl st in the same st.
[Fringe 3] ch 7, starting from second ch from the
hook, sc 6, sl st in the same st. [Fringe 4] ch 9, starting
from second ch from the hook, sc 8, sl st in the same
st. sc in the next 4 st, hdc in the next 5 st, dc in the
next 14 st, hdc in the next 14 st, dc in the next 18 st,
hdc in the next 5 st, sc in the last 4 st, sl st in the first
st of the round.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew.
PIGTAIL FOR YELLOW HAIR (make 2);
Base
Round 1: With yellow yarn, 10 sc in a magic ring. (10)
Round 2: sl st in the back loop of the first st. ch 1 and
hdc around in BLO. (10)
Strands;
We will now add the hair strands on the base. Join yarn
in one of the front loops of Round 2 (Image 15). ch 20.
Starting from second ch from the hook, 2 sc in each of
the next 5 st (Image 16), sc 14, sl st in the next back
loop (Image 17). Repeat 9 more times (Image 18).
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew. Thread a yarn
needle with yellow yarn and push the needle from
the inside of the magic ring to the base of the fringes
(Image 19). Hold the fringes together and wind the
yarn around them a few times to hold them in place.
Secure with a few tacks before pushing the needle
back inside the magic ring (Image 20). Fasten off.
HAIR BUN FOR BROWN HAIR (make 2);
Round 1: With dark brown yarn, 7 sc in a magic ring. (7)
Round 2: inc X 7. (14)
Round 3: (sc 1, inc) X 7. (21)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) X 7. (28)
Round 5-9: sc around. (28)
Round 10: (sc 2, dec) X 7. (21)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew. Stuff buns lightly.
WING (make 2);
Segment 1
Round 1: With white, 5 sc in a magic ring. (5)
Round 2: inc X 5. (10)
Round 3-16: sc around. (10) Fasten off.
Segment 2;
Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring. (4)
Round 2: inc X 4. (8)
Round 3-10: sc around. (8)
Fasten off.
Segment 3;
Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring. (4)
Round 2: inc X 4. (8)
Round 3-6: sc around. (8)
Do no fasten off. In the next round, we will join all
three segments.
Align three segments as shown in Image 21. We will
continue working on Segment 3.
Round 7: sc in the next 4 st of Segment 3, sc in the
next 4 st of Segment 2, sc in all 10 st of Segment 1, sc
in the remaining 4 st of Segment 2, sc in the last 4 st
of Segment 3. (26)
Round 8-10: sc around. (26)
Stuff each of the 3 segments very lightly, just enough
to give them a little padding.
Round 11: dec 1, sc 22, dec 1. (24)
Round 12-13: sc around. (24)
Round 14: dec 1, sc 20, dec 1. (22)
Round 15: sc around. (22)
Round 16: dec 1, sc 18, dec 1. (20)
Round 17: sc around. (20)
Round 18: dec 1, sc 16, dec 1. (18)
Round 19: dec 1, sc 14, dec 1. (16)
Round 20: dec 1, sc 12, dec 1. (14)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the reminder of the
winger very lightly. Sew gap closed. Do not clip off the
excess yarn.
FINISHING UP;
Embellishing wings with embroidery:
You can
either leave the wings as they are, or you can embellish them with a bit of embroidery before you attach
wings to the body. To do this, make long stitches
around the wings with yellow crochet thread or embroidery floss as shown in Image 22.
Decorating Wings with Rhinestones:
If you
prefer to add a little sparkle to your angel’s wings with
rhinestones, you can do it after the wings are attached
to the body.
Mark the locations for the rhinestones as shown in
Image 23. Apply a dab of adhesive on the back of the
stone with a toothpick and place into position. Press
down gently to make sure they stick to the wing.
Leave aside for a while to dry completely.
Attach wings:
Pin the wing on the angel’s back and
sew in place, making sure to sew a couple of additional stitches that go through both the wing and the body
to hold the wing in place (Image 24-27).
Attach collar to the dress:
Pin collar around the
neck as shown in Image 28-29, making sure they
drape the shoulders as well. With a yarn needle,
attach the front of the collar right over the area where
the white round of the dress meets the round in light
brown/peach. Next make a couple of stitches over
the shoulder area (top of arms), and finally sew at the
base of the neck. Keep the collar loose to enable your
amigurumi’s limbs to move.
Make movable head:
To make the head of your
amigurumi movable, thread light brown/peach yarn
and insert the needle from the center of the magic
ring on the head (Image 30) and out from the neck
opening (Image 31). Count 8 rounds down from the
top of the neck. Now insert your needle through the
neck at this point (Image 32), back through the neck
opening on the head (Image 33), bringing it out from
the magic ring again (Image 34). Slide the head down
the two strands of yarn until it sits perfectly on the
neck (Image 35). Knot the yarn ends together a few
times to secure and clip off excess yarn. Push any
remaining yarn back into the head.
Attach hair:
Slip hair piece on the head and lock in
place using pearl headed pins (Image 36). With a yarn
needle, sew the piece to head. Make sure to attach
the fringes to the head as well.
Attach pigtails/buns:
Position the pigtails/buns
on either side of the head and hold them in place with
pearl headed pins. Using the tail of the yarn, sew in
place.
Sash:
Tie a silver/golden ribbon around the waist and
make a bow at the back.
